generations

Tried out this idea as part of another picture: superimposing
the faces of a great-grandmother, through to me. That's my
mother's mother on her wedding day. It would work better
if all the faces looked straight ahead, but even so.. try it,
you'll get an unusual feeling, both more solid & paper thin.

Last night I heard a little of Jon Hassell, & learnt that Brian Eno
is directing a big festival in Sydney. Now. Can I go?
Eno is my favourite musician. I've the feeling he's a time traveller.
I saw an installation at the SF Palace of Fine Arts
where he'd collaborated with a light artist, people would walk
into this otherwise dark room & become still. Mindblowing.

holiday

Long walk today, sunshine, its a long weekend.
Low tide at the beach, with shallow pools reflecting blue sky

Gorgeous.

On my book wish list: the brilliant Storm Thorgerson

sunshine !

Made the most of several hours of sun today ~ at last ~ walked
at the beach, it was glittering, with lazy squiggles of foam.
Everyone begins to go troppo when there's
too much rain, not just me.

vintage crafts, cool rooms, how to indulge.

rainy, again

The sun came out, I walked to the beach, it was cloudy,
it rained, I got wet, came home. It was cold, too;
amazes me how little naked kids are racing around in
all kinds of weather.

A few good book/design/zine sites: one, two, three

stones

Some paintings for a change. For a while I made small paintings
from stones found at the beach. From top left: "who am I?'',
circle, conversation.

X (kisses), angels, pi in the sky. Many are in a lovely
A5 book I got in London, all are gouache on paper.

One night recently I heard this interview on the radio
with Jerzy Zubrzyski, an amazing life. Have a listen.
The abc has some excellent story archives. Not sure
how long they stay on site, but there's always something.

like this

Mexico photos from the top of the scanning heap, these are
all around San Cristobal de las Casas, in the south, except the
rock, it was near San Miguel de Allende. It's so green here
in Byron Bay after all the rain ~ like 26 cm in 2 days ~ I can
lose the memory of other intense colours. Even more so
in a place that rains grays.

An artist friend who also grew up in the outback, & who now

lives in London, has her first book of poetry published:
Salt Publishing has a very good site, you can read
poems from all their authors, look for the pdf files.

calm place

Here's a calm one for today.
I joined several together, all from Sukhothai, one of the old
capitals in Thailand, it's not an actual view.

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